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The Amherst Regional boys 4x800-meter relay is the best in New England. Kelzy Rodrigues anchored the Hurricane team of Allen Vance, Connor Evans and Rob Sailer to a first-place finish in 7 minutes, 53.85 seconds to win at the 28th annual New England Interscholastic Indoor Track & Field Championships, held Friday at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. Amherst edged …

SPRINGFIELD — Those who love both Oscar-season fashion and animals will be drawn to a Dakin Humane Society event. The animal welfare shelter will host what it’s playfully calling its PAWSCARS and Red Carpet fundraiser Saturday at the MassMutual Center in Springfield. “The event occurs less than a week following the actual Oscars, and we’re borrowing some their elements and making them truly …

HOLYOKE — As Holyoke Catholic softball coach Fran LaFond looked out from the bleachers in the Holyoke Community College gymnasium Tuesday night, he said he had believed the merger between his school and Cathedral High School would happen eventually. But for the member of Holyoke Catholic High School’s class of 1968 — the …

NORTHAMPTON — A Springfield man was sentenced to probation when he accepted a plea agreement Tuesday and avoided a trial on charges including child rape. Michael R. Edwards, 27, pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to committing an unnatural act with a child under 16 between 2002 and …

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Police have arrested a South Hadley man they say brandished a shotgun outside a Springfield strip club, and used the butt to smash a club window. John Peloquin was arrested at about 8:45 p.m. Sunday and was scheduled to be arraigned Monday on charges including …

WESTFIELD ­— Alex LaRaja knows what it feels like to make the boys soccer state tournament. He also knows what it feels like to lose a tournament game on penalty kicks. After 76 scoreless minutes, LaRaja gave top-seeded …

Prayer Flags and Autumn Colors Springfield Road, Belchertown Photograph and text by Julius Lester, Belchertown Although I am not a Buddhist, I like the idea of the flags sending prayers for peace into the world whenever the wind …

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Police say the stabbing death of a Springfield man was the result of a knife fight that was apparently drug related. Police responding to reports of a disturbance in a seven-story apartment building in the city’s McKnight neighborhood at about 1 p.m. Tuesday found two …

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Gov.-elect Charlie Baker praised the development of an MGM casino in downtown Springfield on Friday as he made his first visit to west-central Massachusetts since the election. Baker visited Springfield City Hall, asking Mayor Domenic Sarno how his incoming administration can help as the $800 …

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The No. 8 Northampton girls soccer team was eliminated by top-seeded West Springfield, 4-1, in the Western Massachusetts Division 1 Tournament quarterfinals at Clark Field. West Springfield (17-0-2) will play the winner between No. 4 Ludlow and No. 5 East Longmeadow in the semifinals. The …

AMHERST — Brandon Rivera had the best game of his career for the Amherst Regional football team against West Springfield Thursday night. Unfortunately for Rivera and the Hurricanes, it was in a 40-38 loss on a rainy and cold night. The senior running back rushed for 175 yards …

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — A Springfield man has pleaded not guilty to driving drunk when police say he hit three young teenagers in a crosswalk, critically injuring one of them. Pedro Gonzalez, 58, was ordered held on $10,000 bail at his arraignment Tuesday on drunken driving charges and a …

Republicans and Democrats both had their chance to rally their troops on the final weekend before Tuesday’s election, when two candidates for governor made stops in the Valley. Charlie Baker, the Republican candidate for governor, and running mate …